Packers must decide on backup QB plans going forward

Green Bay will try to settle a key position this offseason, providing some stability behind Aaron Rodgers.

Jan 14, 2014, 2:29 PM UTC

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

The Green Bay Packers have enjoyed one of the best quarterback situations of the past 20 years, with Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers at the helm.

When Favre was at the controls, the Packers employed terrific backup quarterbacks including Mark Brunell, Kurt Warner and Matt Hasselbeck before Rodgers himself. Now, Green Bay is trying to replicate that success by finding some stability behind Rodgers, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

Since Matt Flynn originally left Green Bay to sign with the Seattle Seahawks after the 2011 season, the Packers have been all over the map. In 2012, Green Bay had Graham Harrell as the backup to Rodgers, a youngster with no NFL experience.

Then, last year, the Packers rolled with Seneca Wallace. Wallace ended up filling in for Rodgers when he was injured in October against the Chicago Bears, only to get hurt himself. It was then Scott Tolzien's turn, but he proved ineffective. Finally, Flynn was brought back in as a free agent after he washed out with the Oakland Raiders and Buffalo Bills.

Rodgers was impressed with their efforts, despite a combined record of 2-5-1 when he was gone, per the piece:

"I think it’s remarkable what they did," Rodgers said. "To come in here and to grasp the system and make some plays the way they did. I had the opportunity as a young player to come in and for three years to go through the offseason program and learn the offense, learn about the defenses. Just take it at a nice, slow pace. These guys were kind of thrust into it."

Ultimately, the Packers won the NFC North but ended the campaign with a clear need to have some better quarterback play behind Rodgers. Whether the team tried to address the issue in the draft or free agency is unclear, but it is without question a position to watch in Green Bay.